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Lexicon :: Strong's H8347 - šēšaḵ

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שֵׁשַׁךְ
Transliteration
šēšaḵ
Pronunciation
shay-shak'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2475

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁשַׁךְ Shêshak, shay-shak'; of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon:—Sheshach.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H8347 in the following manner: Sheshach (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H8347 in the following manner: Sheshach (2x).
  1. Sheshach = "thy fine linen"

    1. another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁשַׁךְ Shêshak, shay-shak'; of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon:—Sheshach.
STRONGS H8347: Abbreviations
שֵׁשַׁךְ proper name, of a territory = בָּבֶל (Jerome Rabb and modern; by Atbaš (בש׳ את׳), i.e. disguising name by substituting last letter of alphabet for first, next last for second, etc., compare Thes); — Jeremiah 51:41 and hence (perhaps gloss) Jeremiah 25:26 (see Gie).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Jeremiah

25:26; 51:41

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8347 matches the Hebrew שֵׁשַׁךְ (šēšaḵ),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26 - a todos los reyes del norte, los de cerca y los de lejos, los unos con los otros, y a todos los reinos del mundo que están sobre la faz de la tierra; y el rey de Babilonia beberá después de ellos.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - ¡Cómo fue apresada Babilonia, y fue tomada la que era alabada por toda la tierra! ¡Cómo vino a ser Babilonia objeto de espanto entre las naciones!
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